HeLa cells /oss/taxonomy/term/6191/all en Immortality in the Lab: How One Woman’s Cells Changed Medicine and Ethics /oss/article/history/immortality-lab-how-one-womans-cells-changed-medicine-and-ethics <p>Trust can disappear in an instant and take generations to gain back. The story of Henrietta Lacks’ immortal cancer cells is a stark reminder of that. Its loud echoes partly inform our present, as sections of the population disbelieve remarkable vaccine developments. If doctors treated your predecessors like second-class citizens, why should you trust them now?</p> Fri, 08 Apr 2022 14:49:56 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9079 at /oss